Shloka 2

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

नैके युगसहस्रान्तास्त्वया दृष्टा महामुने । न चापीह सम: कश्रिदायुष्मान्‌ दृश्यते तव

Transliteration

naike yugasahasrāntās tvayā dṛṣṭā mahāmune | na cāpīha samaḥ kaścid āyuṣmān dṛśyate tava ||

Translation

হে মহামুনি! আপুনি যুগ-যুগৰ সহস্ৰান্তত সংঘটিত বহু মহাপ্ৰলয়ৰ দৃশ্য দেখিছে; আৰু এই লোকত আপোনাৰ সমান দীঘলীয়া আয়ুসৰ আন কাকো দেখা নাযায়।

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एके: some (not just one)
• एके: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युगसहस्रान्ताः: ends of thousands of yugas
• युगसहस्रान्ताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगसहस्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• दृष्टाः: seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: kta (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महामुने: O great sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• इह: here, in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• समः: equal
• समः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कश्चित्: anyone, someone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आयुष्मान्: long-lived
• आयुष्मान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयुष्मत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दृश्यते: is seen/appears
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present (Lat), Passive (Karmani), 3rd, Singular

• तव: of you/for you
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• mahāmuni (the addressed great sage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the vastness of cosmic time and the exceptional stature of a realized sage whose lifespan and experience transcend ordinary human limits, inviting humility before dharma and the larger order of the universe.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana addresses a great sage, praising him as uniquely long-lived and as one who has directly witnessed repeated cosmic endings occurring at the close of immense cycles of time.